Urgent help on a matter (involves things of a sexual nature)

[NewMuslim]

:salam2:
As I said, this involves things of a sexual nature.

This morning, I had a "wet dream". I woke up because of that at 6:20 AM EST. I leave my house at 7:25 AM EST, so that messed up my planned praying (at 6:53 AM, 20 minutes after sunrise).

I'm now asking this: It is Asr time here right now. Asr ends in about an hour. Do I have to do complete wudu, or only partial wudu like always?

 

[Abu Sarah]

wa Alaykum Alsalam..

....do complete wudu...

Things that make ghusl obligatory

but in 2nd time don't get out the home without complete wudu..

because of u lost alot of thinks ..prayer ..reading Quran..

....


<wasalam>

 

[Muhammad Tauqeer]

salam

Auslamu-alyqum brother,

I am not a mulla any way I thick you always have to take a bath
(ghusal) as islamic way then you can perform salat.

Maaslam

 

[NewMuslim]

Thank you for your responses. And that Ghusl thread helped.

But, I have another question (sorry for all the questions!); my salat lasted 4 minutes longer than the given time for Asr. Was my Asr salat valid?

 

[Abu Sarah]

May Allah accet it froum u..but in second time do it in the 1st time..

<wasalam>

islamicfajr

 

[Submitter]

:salam2:

Thank you for your responses. And that Ghusl thread helped.

But, I have another question (sorry for all the questions!); my salat lasted 4 minutes longer than the given time for Asr. Was my Asr salat valid?

If you did this without knowing then inshallah brother, it is Allah's will whether He will accept your prayer or not. But if this is something you did knowing you would go over the time then this is something that you should not do. One must strive to offer their prayers on time otherwise they risk them not being accept by Allah. Inshallah brother on this occasion they will be accepted.

Allah knows best.

 

[Mrmuslim]

Thank you for your responses. And that Ghusl thread helped.

But, I have another question (sorry for all the questions!); my salat lasted 4 minutes longer than the given time for Asr. Was my Asr salat valid?

salaam alikom

can you please explain what do u mean by 4 minute longer than the give time for asr ? do you mean you prayed Asr after the time of Asr is already gone and Maghrib time entered?

I am just wondering ...

wa jazaak Allah khayr.

salaam alikom

 

[NewMuslim]

:salam2:
Submitter, thank you for the response.

salaam alikom

can you please explain what do u mean by 4 minute longer than the give time for asr ? do you mean you prayed Asr after the time of Asr is already gone and Maghrib time entered?

I am just wondering ...

wa jazaak Allah khayr.

salaam alikom

:salam2:
Here, Asr ends 4:36 PM Eastern Standard Time. Maghrib starts 4:36 PM Eastern Standard Time.

I started my Asr prayer at 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (it was so late because I had just performed the Ghusl, somethign I should've done earlier) and I didn't finish until 4:40 PM Eastern Standard Time.

 

[Submitter]

:salam2:

:salam2:
Submitter, thank you for the response.

:salam2:
Here, Asr ends 4:36 PM Eastern Standard Time. Maghrib starts 4:36 PM Eastern Standard Time.

I started my Asr prayer at 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (it was so late because I had just performed the Ghusl, somethign I should've done earlier) and I didn't finish until 4:40 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Brother, please be aware that Asr time ends before the start of Maghrib time.

If I remember correctly, Asr time ends as soon as the sun has begun setting, i.e. as soon as the sun begins to disappear under the horizon. And Maghrib begins as soon as the sun has fully disappeared under the horizon (this is called Sunset).

So Asr time ends a few minutes before Maghrib time begins, although I believe some schools of thought differ regarding this.

May Allah forgive me if I am incorrect, but inshallah someone else here will be able to confirm or correct this

 

[Abul Harith]

The times for prayer in Islam

Asalam alaikom,

Insha'Allah the following article explains the times of the five daily prayers.



"Allah has enjoined upon His servants five prayers throughout the day and night at specific times decreed by the wisdom of Allah so that the servant may be in contact with Him in these prayers throughout all of these times. Part of the wisdom behind doing the prayers at these times is so that people will not get bored or find it difficult, which would happen if they all had to be done at once.

The times of the prayers were mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith that reads: “The time for Zuhr is from when the sun has passed its zenith and a man’s shadow is equal in length to his height, until the time for ‘Asr comes. The time for ‘Asr lasts until the sun turns orange. The time for Maghrib lasts [from sunset] until the twilight has faded. The time for ‘Isha’ lasts until midnight. The time for Subh (Fajr) prayer lasts from the beginning of the pre-sunrise twilight so long as the sun has not yet started to rise. When the sun starts to rise then stop praying, for it rises between the two horns of the Shaytan (Satan).” (Reported by Muslim, 612)

This hadith explains the timings of the five daily prayers. As for defining them by the clock, that varies from one city or country to another. We will define each in more detail as follows:

1. The time of Zuhr

According to the above-mentioned hadith, the time of Zuhr starts when sun passes its zenith, i.e., passes the highest part of the sky, and starts to descend towards the west.

Practically, one can know when the zenith has been passed (and the time for Zuhr has begun) by putting a stick or pole in an open place. When the sun rises in the east, the shadow of this stick will fall towards the west. The higher the sun rises, the shorter the shadow will become. So long as it keeps growing shorter, the sun has not yet reached its zenith. The shadow will keep on growing shorter until it reaches a certain point, then it will start to increase, falling towards the east. When it increases by even a small amount, then the sun has passed its zenith. At that point the time for Zuhr has begun.

Also, to know the time of the zenith by the clock, you have to divide the time between sunrise and sunset in half, and that is the time of the zenith. If we assume that the sun rises at 6 a.m. and sets at 6 p.m., then the zenith is at 12 noon. If it rises at 7 a.m. and sets at 7 p.m., then the zenith is at 1 p.m., and so on.

The end of the time for Zuhr is when the shadow of everything is equal in length to the object itself plus the length of the shadow of the object at the time of the zenith.

As a practical way of knowing when the time for Zuhr has ended, you can go back to the stick or pole which we described above. Let us assume that its length is one meter. We will notice that before the sun reached its zenith, the shadow decreased gradually until it reached a certain point (make a mark on the ground at this point), then it started to increase, at which point the time for Zuhr began. The shadow will continue to increase, falling towards the east until the length of the shadow is equal to the length of the object itself, i.e., it will be one meter long, starting from the point marked at the zenith. As for the shadow before the mark, that is not counted, and it is called fay’ az-zawal (the shadow of the zenith). At this point the time for Zuhr ends and the time for ‘Asr begins straight away.

2. The time of ‘Asr

In the light of the above-mentioned hadith, we conclude that the time for ‘Asr begins when the time for Zuhr ends, i.e., when the length of an object’s shadow becomes equal to the length of the object itself plus the length of its shadow at the zenith. There are two times for the end of ‘Asr as follows:

a) The preferred time: This lasts from the beginning of the time for ‘Asr until the sun begins to turn orange, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The time for ‘Asr lasts until the sun turns orange.”

b) The time of necessity: This lasts from the time the sun turns orange until sunset, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever catches up with one rak`ah of ‘Asr before the sun sets has caught up with ‘Asr.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

3. The time of Maghrib

The time for Maghrib starts immediately after the time for ‘Asr ends, which is when the sun sets, until the twilight or red afterglow has faded. When the red afterglow has disappeared from the sky, the time for Maghrib ends and the time for ‘Isha’ begins.

4. The time of ‘Isha’

The time for ‘Isha’ begins immediately after the time for Maghrib ends (i.e., when the red afterglow disappears from the sky) until midnight. If you want to calculate when midnight is, then calculate the time between sunset and sunrise then divide it in half; that halfway point is the end of the time for praying ‘Isha’ (and that is midnight). So if the sun sets at 5 p.m., and Fajr begins at 5 a.m., then midnight is 11 p.m. If the sun sets at 5 p.m. and Fajr begins at 6 p.m., then midnight is 11:30 p.m., and so on.

5. The time of Fajr

The time for Fajr begins with the onset of the “second dawn” (al-fajr al-thani) and ends when the sun starts to rise. The “second dawn” is the brightness that appears along the horizon in the east and extends north to south. The “first dawn” (al-fajr al-awwal) occurs approximately one hour before this, and there are differences between the two as follows:

a) In the “first dawn” the brightness extends from east to west, and in the “second dawn” it extends from north to south.

b) The “first dawn” is followed by darkness, i.e., the brightness lasts for a short period then it becomes dark. The “second dawn” is not followed by darkness, rather the light increases.

c) The “second dawn” is connected to the horizon, with no darkness between it and the horizon, whereas the “first dawn” is separated from the horizon with darkness between it and the horizon."

Excerpted, with slight modifications, from: www.islam-qa.com


Allah Almighty knows best.

 

[mahmood1431]

Things that make ghusl obligatory

Assalamualikum WaREhmatuallahi WaBarkatahu
Praise be to Allaah.

The things that make ghusl obligatory are six things. If one of them happens then the Muslim has to do ghusl.

1 – Emission of maniy (semen) from its exit in the male or female, which happens either when one is awake or when one is asleep. If it is emitted when one is awake, there is the condition that one feels pleasure when it is emitted. If it is emitted without pleasure, then ghusl is not required, such as if it is emitted as the result of sickness. If it is emitted when one is asleep, this is what is called ihtilaam (erotic dream) and ghusl is required in all cases because he was not aware (of whether there were feelings of pleasure or not) and he may not experience feelings of pleasure. If a sleeper wakes up and finds traces of maniy, then he must do ghusl. If he has an erotic dream but no maniy comes out of him, and he does not find any trace of it, then he does not have to do ghusl.

2 – Penetration of the penis into the vagina, even if no ejaculation takes place, because of the hadeeth narrated by Muslim and others from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “When a man sits between the four parts (arms and legs of his wife) and has intercourse with her, then ghusl is obligatory.” So ghusl is required of both parties involved by mere virtue of penetration having taken place, even if no ejaculation takes place, because of this hadeeth and because there is scholarly consensus on this point.

3 – According to some scholars, ghusl is required when a kaafir becomes Muslim, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told some of those who became Muslim to do ghusl. Many scholars think that it is mustahabb, not obligatory, for a kaafir who becomes Muslim to do ghusl because it is not narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told everyone who became Muslim to do that. So it may be understood that it is mustahabb, so as to reconcile the evidence.

4 – Death – the deceased person must be washed, except for the shaheed (martyr) who falls in battle, who is not to be washed.

5 and 6 – Menses and nifaas (post partum bleeding), because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When your menses ends, then do ghusl and pray.” And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And when they have purified themselves” [al-Baqarah 2:222], referring to menses – they should purify themselves by doing ghusl after their menses ends.

End quote from al-Mulakhkhas al-Fiqhi by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him).

And Allaah knows best.

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